Dataset
Annual Heat Wave Index in the United States
owid.heat-wave-index-usa
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About
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Cite as: NOAA via EPA (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. “Heatwave Index” [dataset]. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “US Weather and Climate” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1895–2021
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- irregular
- Last modified
- 2024-04-18
- Units
- not stated
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/heat-wave-index-usa
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| heatwave_index | number | Heatwave Index |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |